Closet attachment.



L. B. WILLIAMS.

CLOSET ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1913.

1,124,569, Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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- Attorneys WTED STATES rarnnr ora ion LEONIDAS BLACKMAN WILLIAMS, OF HIGH. POINT,

NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 ROBERT L. LOFLIN, OF HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA.

CLOSET ATTACHMENT.

Application filed May 16, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONIDAS B. WIL- LIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at High Point, in the county of Guilford and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Closet Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

By way of explanation it may be stated that while railway vehicles are passing through a tunnel, through a city or town, or across a protected water-shed, it is the custom to lock the privy of the car, until the protected area has been passed, to the end that oifal may not be deposited along the right of way; an operation which works to the manifest disadvantage and inconvenience of the passengers.

This invention aims to provide a privy construction for a car, which may be maintained accessible to the passengers, at all times, means being provided whereby the depositing of material along the right of way may be stopped at the will of the operator.

One object of the invention is to provide novel mechanism for simultaneously opening the controlling valve whereby the material is permitted to be deposited along the right of way, and for simultaneously locking the receptacle.

Another object of the invention is to provide valve controlling mechanism which may be shifted readily from car to car.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to increase the utility of, devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 shows in transverse section, a portion of a railway vehicle equipped with the device forming the subject matter of this application; Fig. 2 is an elevation showing a portion of the compartment which constitutes the privy, Fig. 2 illustrating specifically, the means Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1915. Serial No, 768.189.

whereby the actuating shaft is controlled; Fig. is a transverse section of the casing containing the clamping mechanism; Fig. 4 1s a vertical transverse section on the line ift of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, the clamping members, however, being shown in cooperative relation with respect to the compressible nozzle, and parts being omitted; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectlon of the clamping members whereby the yieldable nozzle is compressed; Fig. 7 is a fragmental elevation showing a slight modification in a portion of the means whereby the nozzle clamping members are controlled.

In the drawings, there is shown a portion of a body of a car, the same being denoted by the numeral 1.

The numeral 2 indicates, generally, the floor of the car and the supporting timbers therefor.

Located at one or both ends of the car are compartments 3.

In Fig. 1, the door at the end of the car is indicated bv the numeral 4.

Access is had to the compartment 3 by means of a door 5.

Located within the compartment 3 is a hopper 6 provided with a downwardly extended pipe 7 entering a receptacle 8 which is detachably secured to the floor 2 of the car. The receptacle 8 preferably is of a tapered construction, and its bottom 9 slants downwardly toward a point beneath the pipe 7.

Located adjacent the top of the car is a flush tank 10 which may be of any desired form. A pipe 11 enters the bottom of the flush tank 10 and extends downwardly into the receptacle 8, the lower end of the pipe 11 communicating with a tubular head 12 surrounding the interior of the receptacle 8 and located adjacent the upright walls thereof, the head 12 being provided with perforations 1 1. Any suitable means may be provided for admitting the contents of the flush tank 10 into the pipe 11. In the present instance, a lever 15 is fulcrumed intermediate its ends upon the tank, as indicated at 16, the inner, lower end of the lever 15 being provided with a valve 17 adapted to register in the upper end of the pipe 11.

Secured to an accessible portion of the car mounted to slide vertically. A chain or other flexible element 20 connects the 11 per end of the pin 19 with the outer end 0' the lever 15. A compression spring 21 is secured at its upper end to the pin 19 and bears against the bracket 18, the function of the spring 21 being to force the pin 19 upwardly. Secured to the lower end of the pin 19 is a spring tongue 22, provided with a rearwardly extended pawl 23 which is shown in Fig. 4.

The pawl 23 cooperates with a shouldered wheel-latch 24, securedto a horizontally disposed shaft 25, journaled at one end in the side wall 26 of the compartment 3 and extended through the side wall. The outer end ofthe shaft 25 is provided with a handle 27, shown most clearly in Fig. 2. The movement of the handle 27 and consequently of the shaft 25 is limited by a stop pin 28. Mounted upon the side wall 26 of the compartment or on any other accessible portion thereof is a spring catch 29 with which the handle 27 is adapted to coiiperate.

The inner end of the shaft25 is journaled in one side portion of ahousing 30, mounted upon the car body and located within the compartment 3.

Inclosed within the housing 30 and secured to the inner end of the shaft 25 is a beveled pinion 31 meshing into a beveled pinion 32, secured to a vertical shaft 33 journaled in a bearing 34 and in the flooring 2 of the car body 1. Below the floor of the car and below the receptacle 8, the shaft 33 is provided with a head 35 having a transverse slot 36.

A casing 37 is removably secured to the receptacle 8, and one end of the casing 37 being provided with a flange 38, adapted to be thrust into a hook shaped flange 39 secured to the bottom 9 of the receptacle 8. Mounted on the bottom 9 of the receptacle 8 is a keeper 40 and located in front of the keeper 40 is a projecting tongue 41. A latch 42 is slidable in the keeper 40 and is adapted to engage a flange 43 on the casing 37. A pad lock or other locking device indicated at 44 may be engaged through the tongue 41 in front of the latch 42, and thus the latch may be held in engagement with the flange 43 of the casing 37 From the above description it will be obvious that the casing 37 may be removed from the receptacle 8 at will.

In the bottom of thecasing 37 there is an opening 45 through which projects a compressible spout 46. The spout 46 may be of any thickness and of any desired form, the spout ordinarily being fashioned from rubber treated canvas, leather, or other compressible, and, if necessary, resilient material. The upper end of the spout 46 [is secured by means of a clamping ring 48 or the like to a neck 47 formedon the bottom 9 of'the receptacle 8 and located in vertical alinement with the pipe 7.

The bottom of the casing 37 is prolonged to form an extension 49. Projecting from the casing 37 above the extension 49 is a bracket 50. In the bracket 50 and in the extension 49 is journaled an upright stubshaft 51 received at its u per end within the head 35 on the lower end of the shaft 33, the stub-shaft 51 being provided with a transverse pin 52, adapted to register in the slot 36 of'the head 35. Securedto the stubshaft 51 is a pinion 53, located .abovethe extension 49 and supported thereon. Secured tothe extension 49 is a keeper 54. A clamp 55 is mounted toslide on the extension 49 and is of looped form, the clamp including a head 56 located within the casing 37. As shown in Fig. 3, one side arm of the clamp 55 is located inside of the keeper 54, the other side arm of the clamp 55 being located outsideof the keeper. Another clamp57 is mounted to slide on the extension .49, the clamp 57 being of approximately T shape and comprising a transverse head 58, operating within the casing 37. One side armof the clamp 55 and the shank of the/clamp 57 are provided with racks 59 which mesh into opposed portions of the pinion 53.

Under ordinary running conditions, the parts remain as shown in Fig. 4, the material received by the hopper 6 passing downwardly through the pipe 7, throughthe' neck 47 andthrough the nozzle 46, it beingunderstood that under the circumstances above pointed out, the hopper 6 is operated and flushed by any of the common and well known devices adapted for that end.

Before the train enters a town, tunnel or protected water-shed, the handle 27 is swung upwardly away from the stop pin 28 and is engaged with the catch 29. By thisoperation,the shaft 25 is rotated, and theshoulder on the wheel latch 24.is moved upwardly so that it engages above the pawl23 on the spring tongue 22, the tongue yielding to permit this cooperation between the parts specified. When the shaft 25 is rotated, the intermeshing pinions 31 and 32 will rotate the shaft 33, the shaft 33 rotat ingthe stub-shaft 51 and actuatingthepinion 53. The pinion 53, meshing into the racks 59 on the clamps 55 and 57, will cause the clamps to slide in opposite directions,

the head portions 58' and 56 of the clamps I engaging the compressible spout 46 and closing the same together, as shown in g 5.

From the foregoing it willbe obvious that material proceeding from the a hopper 6 through the pipe 7 will" accumulate in the receptacle 8.

After the protected area has been passed, the handle 27 is disengaged from the spring catch ,29 and swung downwardly in the direction of the pin 28. This operation will rotate the shaft 25 in a reverse direction, the shouldered wheel latch 24 engaging the pawl 23 on the tongue 22, the tongue 22 pulling the pin 19 downwardly and the pin 19 through the medium of the flexible element 20 effecting a tilting of the lever 15, the valve 17 being withdrawn from the upper end of the pipe 11. The water within the flush tank 10 will then pass downwardly through the pipe 11, into the perforated head 12, thus effecting a flushing of the receptacle 8. The reverse rotation imparted to the shaft 25, in the manner above described, will be communicated by the pinions 32 and 31 to the shaft 33, and when the shaft 33 is actuated, the shaft 51 will be actuated, the same rotating the pinion 53, and the pinion 53, meshing into the racks 59 of the clamps 57 and 55, serving to separate the heads of the clamps, the spout 16 thereupon assuming the open, tubular form, shown in Fig. 1, under which circumstances, the contents of the receptacle 8 will be flushed away through the spout 46. Continued movement of the handle 27, sufficient to bring the handle into abutment with the stop-pin 28 will rotate the shaft 25 and the wheel latch 34 until the shoulder on the wheel latch is disengaged from the pawl 23 on the spring tongue 22. The spring 21 will thereupon raise the actuating member comprising the pin 19 and the tongue 22, the chain 20 being thereby rendered sufiiciently slack so that the valve 17 when the lever 15 tilts, will move into the upper end of the pipe 11, further flow through the pipe 11 from the flush tank 10 being thereby prevented.

It will be understood readily that by disengaging the pad lock 4.4 from the tongue -11, the latch 42 may be removed, permitting a removal of the casing 37 and attendant mechanism, the construction, obviously, being such that the casing 37 and its cooperating parts may be moved from one car to the other.

In Fig. 7, a slight modification in one portion of the invention is shown. Referring to Fig. 7, a shaft 60 is shown, connected by intermeshing beveled pinions 61, with a shaft 62 in which is interposed a universal joint 63. The shaft 62 is operatively connected by means of intermeshing bevelel pinions with a shaft 65. The shaft 60 corresponds to the shaft 83 and the shaft 65 corresponds to the shaft 51. The mechanism shown in Fig. 7 permits the receptacle 8 to be located midway between the ends of the car so that two privies may discharge into one receptacle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a car privy, a supporting structure including a receptacle having an outlet; a casing; movable means carried by the casing for controlling the outlet; a mechanism for actuating the movable means, said mechanism including separable parts, one of said separable parts being carried by the casing and the other of said separable parts being carried by the supporting structure, the said separable parts having interlocking elements; and means for securing the casing to the receptacle, the securing means being releasable, thereby to break the engagement between the interlocking elements and to permit the casing, the movable controlling means and the casing carried part of the actuating mechanism to be shifted from one receptacle to another.

2. In a car privy, a supporting structure including a receptacle; a compressible spout carried by the receptacle; a casing surrounding the compressible spout; a movable clamp carried by the casing and adapted to engage the spout; a mechanism for actuating the clamp and including a shaft journaled on the casing; a shaft j ournaled in the supporting structure; interlocking elements on the shafts; and means for securing the casing detachably to the receptacle.

3. In a car privy, a receptacle having a compressible spout; a casing supported adj acent the spout; a pair of clamps movably mounted upon the casing and adapted to engage the opposite sides of the spout, the clamps being provided with racks; a shaft journaled on the casing; and a pinion on the shaft, meshing into the racks.

4. In a car privy, a receptacle having a compressible spout; a casing attached to the receptacle and surrounding the spout; a clamp slidable upon the casing and adapted to engage one side of the spout, the clamp being provided with a rack; means for en gaging the other side of the spout; a shaft journaled on the casing; and a pinion carried by the shaft and meshing into the rack.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEONIDAS BLACKMAN WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

H. C. FIELD, Tnos. J. GOLD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

